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THE BADGERS UPCOMING EVENTS 2002 Overall Record ...... 2-0-0 Wednesday Sept. 4 Jeff Rohrman live chat on UWBADGERS.com 12 p.m. 2002 Big Ten Record ...... 0-0-0 Friday Sept. 6 at Gonzaga Nike Soccer Classic, Spokane, Wash. 3 p.m. Series vs. Gonzaga...... 1-0-0 Sunday Sept. 8 vs. Oregon State, Gonzaga Classic 12 p.m. Series vs. Oregon State ...... First Meeting Friday Sept. 13 at Valparaiso 5 p.m. Series vs. Valparaiso ...... First Meeting A CLASSIC THREE-PEAT Head Coach ...... Jeff Rohrman Wisconsin opened up its regular season with a sweep of Iona College and Florida Alma Mater ...... UW-, 1986 Atlantic at the Rocky Rococo-Wisconsin Soccer Classic, held at the McClimon Soccer Record at UW ...... First Year Overall Record ...... First Year Complex. The Badgers claimed the tournament title, in addition to winning both tourna- Assistant Coach...... Jon Szczepanski ment Most Valuable Player awards and earning four spots on the Classic’s all-tournament Alma Mater ...... UW-Milwaukee, 2001 team. Assistant Coach ...... Nick Pasquarello This year’s honors mark the third time in as many years that UW has swept the Alma Mater ...... Wisconsin, 1994 tournament and the sixth time in all 13 Classics. Overall, Wisconsin has used the home Team Manager ...... Phil Ayoub field advantage to claim eight of the 12 tournaments in which a champion has been Captains...... Valentine Anozie and John McGrady crowned, 11 tourney Defensive MVPs and eight Offensive MVPs. In their first two regular-season games under new head coach Jeff Rohrman, the Badgers shutout Iona 4-0 Friday night and Florida Atlantic 1-0 Sunday afternoon. STORYLINES Midfielder David Martinez (Shawnee, Kan.) scored two goals and an assist during the • Wisconsin holds a 2-0-0 overall record under weekend and was named the Offensive MVP, while teammate Eric Hanson (Madison, new head coach Jeff Rohrman and assistant Wis.), the UW goalkeeper, helped lead the Wisconsin defense to their first two wins of coaches Jon Szczepanski and Nick Pasquarello. 2002 with four saves. Forwards Valentine Anozie and Nick Van Sicklen were also named to the Classic’s • The Badgers claimed their third Rocky all-tournament team. Rococo-Wisconsin Soccer Classic title in a row and eighth title overall in the Classic’s 13-year history. HANSON NAMED BIG TEN CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK • Led by sophomores David Martinez and Nick He’s been patiently waiting for his time in net and now it’s paid off. After helping the Van Sicklen with three points a piece, ’ to their eighth Rocky Rococo-Wisconsin Soccer Classic title this past weekend, defeated Iona College 4-0 Friday, Aug. 30 for Eric Hanson was named the Big Ten’s Co-Defensive Player of the Week for Sept. 2, along their first regular-season shutout. with Indiana’s John Swann. Wisconsin’s shutout wins over Iona and Florida Atlantic • Martinez also led the Badger offense to a 1-0 mark Hanson’s official debut in regular-season competition. win over Florida Atlantic Sunday, Sept. 1. He A graduate of Madison’s LaFollette High School, Hanson remained a reserve play- scored Wisconsin’s lone goal off an assist from er for the Badgers’ until this past spring where he collected five saves in a first-half exhi - teammate Erol Goknur. bition shutout against the Milwaukee Rampage, a professional A-League team. • In his regular-season debut, UW goalkeeper WISCONSIN CLIMBS INTO NSCAA/adidas REGIONAL RANKINGS Eric Hanson collected four saves and helped lead The National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas regional poll have named the Badger defense to their first two shutouts of the Badgers to 10th place in the Great Lakes Regional Rankings for the week of Sept. 2. 2002. Hanson’s weekend performance earned The last time Wisconsin was regionally ranked was Oct. 8, 2001 with a 6-4-1 record, fol- him Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week lowing a season-high regional ranking of fifth place on Oct. 1, 2001 with a 6-1-1 record. honors and Rocky Rococo-Wisconsin Soccer Classic tournament Defensive MVP honors. CROSS-CONTINENTAL TOURNAMENT TOUR • Three Badgers played in this summer’s 2002 After winning their own tournament, the men’s soccer team leaves Thursday for U.S. Amateur Soccer Association National Cup Spokane, Wash., and the Gonzaga Nike Soccer Classic. The Badgers face the host tournament. Wisconsin sophmore David Martinez Bulldogs Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. (CT), then play Oregon State at noon on Sunday. The and his club, the Kansas City Athletics, won the Badgers’ competitors opened up their own seasons against each other Aug. 30, with the men’s Under-20 national title, while senior Beavers handing the Bulldogs a 1-0 loss. Christian Poppert and sophomore Joe Anderson WISCONSIN’S SILENT DEFENSE both played for the Milwaukee Kickers club team Quietly making their presence known on the field, Wisconsin’s defensive ranks have than won the regional U-23 title. helped the Badgers’ to their 2-0-0 start for the regular season. Led by co-captain John McGrady and sophomore Joe Anderson, the men’s soccer team has held their opposition across four games (two exhibition, two regular- season) to just one goal, while the Wisconsin offense has scored five goals. The Wisconsin defense held Iona and Florida Atlantic to just 17 shots compared to Wisconsin’s 37 and earned two shutouts to kickstart the season.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN... Looking ahead, Wisconsin will travel for 10 games in total this season including a trip to in-state rival Marquette, along with road games at Big Ten Conference rivals Ohio State, Michigan State and defending Big Ten Champion Indiana. On their home turf, the Badgers welcome six teams to the McClimon Soccer Complex throughout the season as Eastern Illinois, UW-Milwaukee and Dartmouth face Wisconsin in non-conference competition, in addition to Big Ten matches against Penn State, Michigan and Northwestern.

WISCONSIN HEAD COACH JEFF ROHRMAN Returning home to the Midwest, first-year head coach Jeff Rohrman brings his extensive experience as both a coach and player to the Wisconsin men’s soccer program. He spent seven years as the top assistant coach at nationally-respected Maryland before taking the reins of the Badgers this past spring. During his tenure at Maryland, Rohrman worked with Maryland head coach Sasho Cirovski to lead the Terrapins into national prominence and six of the last seven NCAA tournaments, including a final four appearance in 1998. While on the East Coast, Rohrman’s ties to the Midwest remained strong in his home state of Minnesota, in addition to the promi- nent soccer communities of Wisconsin and Illinois. He worked to build these ties over time and began recruiting some of the Midwest’s top athletes to Maryland, including 1997 ACC Player of the Year Leo Cullen, a Burnsville, Minn., native. Rohrman played for two seasons at Bethany Lutheran, a two-year private college at that time. While at Bethany Lutheran, he was named an All-American and the team’s MVP as a sophomore. He played his final two years at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee where he earned MVP and all-state honors as a Panther and served as team captain. Following his collegiate career, he participated in the 1986 U.S. Olympic Festival in Houston and played professionally from 1986-87 for the of the American Indoor Soccer League. He also played professional soccer with Real Santa Barbara of the Western Soccer League in 1989 and was on the Minnesota men’s state team that won the 1990 national amateur championship. Rohrman received his bachelor of science degree in biological sciences from UW-Milwaukee in 1986 and a master’s degree in sport administration from Mankato State (now Minnesota State, Mankato) in 1991.

PRACTICE TIMES During the 2002 regular season, the Badgers practice from 3-5 p.m. during the week. All interviews can be conducted after practice ses- sions are completed. All media members are asked to contact Jessica Burda of the Wisconsin Sports Information Office to obtain practice schedules and arrange interviews with the UW coaches and players.

2002 Wisconsin Men’s Soccer Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Yr./El. Ht. Wt. Hometown (HS/Previous School) 0 Michael Jelenic* GK Fr./Fr. 6-1 175 Bay Village, Ohio (Bay) 1 Eric Hanson GK Jr./So. 6-3 170 Madison, Wis. (LaFollette) 2 Noah Goerlitz* MF So./So. 5-9 145 Neenah, Wis. (Neenah) 3 Nick Van Sicklen* F So./So. 6-0 165 Madison, Wis. (West) 4 Aymar Sinaise*** MF/D Sr./Sr. 5-10 155 Desruisseaux, St. Lucia (Benilde-St. Margaret’s) 5 Mike Epp*** D/MF Sr./Sr. 6-3 185 Toronto, Ontario (Father Henry Carr) 7 Joe Anderson* D So./So. 5-10 150 Racine, Wis. (Washington Park) 8 Erol Goknur** MF Jr./Jr. 5-9 155 Madison, Wis. (Memorial) 9 David Martinez* MF Jr./So. 5-9 155 Shawnee, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas) 10 Valentine Anozie (C)*** F/MF Sr.#/Sr. 5-9 150 Imo State, Nigeria (St. Basil-the Great College-Toronto) 11 Perry Smith*** D Sr./Sr. 5-11 170 Beaumont, Texas (Monsignor Kelly) 12 John McGrady (C)* D/MF Sr./Sr. 6-0 170 West Bend, Wis. (Brookfield East) 13 Ryan Nord* MF/D So./So. 6-1 175 Evanston, Ill. (Evanston Township) 14 Watson Vaughn Prather** MF Jr./Jr. 6-1 175 Potomac, Md. (Winston Churchill) 15 Phil Doeh F Fr./Fr. 5-11 155 Dixon, Ill. (Dixon) 16 Alec Neal D/MF Fr./Fr. 5-10 165 Edina, Minn. (Minneapolis South) 17 Seth Byers F/MF Fr./Fr. 6-0 170 Cincinnati, Ohio (Colerain) 18 Phil Jones MF/F Fr../Fr. 5-9 145 Evanston, Ill. (Evanston Township) 19 Nicolas Aguilar* F/MF So./So. 5-8 165 Lisle, Ill. (Benet Academy) 20 Erik Insko MF Fr./Fr. 5-10 160 Winnebago, Ill. (Hononegah) 21 Pat Cronan F Fr./Fr. 6-3 180 Edina, Minn. (Edina) 22 C.J. Lipinski D Fr./Fr. 5-11 180 New Berlin, Wis. (West) 24 Christian Poppert*** MF/D Sr.#/Sr. 6-1 185 Wauwatosa, Wis. (Milwaukee Lutheran) 27 Adam Jelinek GK Fr./Fr. 6-3 215 Fairfax, Va. (Centreville) Legend:* indicates letters won; (C) indicates team captains; # indicates fifth-year senior 2002 SCHEDULE & RESULTS

DAY DATE EVENT TIME/RESULT UW GOAL SCORERS (GW) Saturday Aug. 17 NORTHERN ILLINOIS# W, 2-1 Van Sicklen, Goerlitz Monday Aug. 26 at Milwaukee Select Team# L, 0-1 ---

Rocky Rococo Classic, Madison, Wis. Friday Aug. 30 IONA W, 4-0 Anozie, Martinez, Van Sicklen, Prather Sunday Sept. 1 FLORIDA ATLANTIC W, 1-0 Martinez

Gonzaga Invitational, Spokane, Wash. Friday Sept. 6 at Gonzaga 3:00 p.m. Sunday Sept. 8 vs. Oregon State 12:00 p.m.

Friday Sept. 13 at Valparaiso 5:00 p.m. Sunday Sept. 15 at Illinois-Chicago 2:00 p.m. Wednesday Sept. 18 at UW-Green Bay 7:30 p.m. Friday Sept. 20 EASTERN ILLINOIS 7:30 p.m. Friday Sept. 27 at Ohio State* 6:30 p.m. Sunday Sept. 29 at Xavier 12:00 p.m.

Sunday Oct. 6 PENN STATE* 12:00 p.m. Friday Oct. 11 at Indiana* 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Oct. 16 UW-MILWAUKEE 7:30 p.m. Friday Oct. 18 DARTMOUTH 7:30 p.m. Sunday Oct. 20 MICHIGAN* 2:30 p.m. Sunday Oct. 27 at Michigan State* 12:00 p.m.

Saturday Nov. 2 NORTHWESTERN* 1:00 p.m. Saturday Nov. 9 at Marquette 1:00 p.m.

Big Ten Conference Tournament, University Park, Pa. Thursday Nov. 14 Big Ten First Round TBA Friday Nov. 15 Big Ten Semifinals TBA Sunday Nov. 17 Big Ten Championship Game TBA

2002 NCAA Tournament Qualifying Rounds, Campus Sites Fri.-Sun. Nov. 22 - 24 NCAA First and Second Rounds TBA Fri.-Sat. Nov. 29 - 30 NCAA Third Round TBA Fri.-Sun. Dec. 6 - 8 NCAA Quarterfinals TBA

2002 NCAA Tournament Finals, Dallas, Texas Friday Dec. 13 NCAA Semifinals TBA Sunday Dec. 15 NCAA Championship Game TBA

All times are CENTRAL Home games in CAPS are held at the McClimon Soccer Complex # indicates exhibition games * indicates Big Ten games For ticket information call 1-800-GO-BADGERS 2002 STATISTICS

Wisconsin Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 02, 2002) All games

Overall: 2-0-0 Conference: 0-0-0 Home: 2-0-0 Away: 0-0-0 Neutral: 0-0-0 ## Name GP-GS G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK-ATT 9 Martinez, David 2-2 2 1 5 6 .333 4 .667 1 0-0 3 Van Sicklen, Nick 2-2 1 1 3 4 .250 3 .750 0 0-0 10 Anozie, Valentine 2-2 1 0 2 5 .200 5 1.000 1 0-0 14 Prather, Watson V 2-0 1 0 2 1 1.000 1 1.000 0 0-0 8 Goknur, Erol 2-0 0 1 1 7 .000 4 .571 0 0-0 21 Cronan, Pat 2-2 0 0 0 3 .000 2 .667 0 0-0 15 Doeh, Phil 2-0 0 0 0 3 .000 3 1.000 0 0-0 5 Epp, Mike 2-2 0 0 0 2 .000 2 1.000 0 0-0 2 Goerlitz, Noah 2-2 0 0 0 2 .000 1 .500 0 0-0 20 Insko, Erik 1-0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 16 Neal, Alec 2-2 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 12 McGrady, John 2-2 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 11 Smith, Perry 1-0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 24 Poppert, Christian 1-0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 22 Lipinski, C.J. 1-0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 17 Byers, Seth 1-0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 13 Nord, Ryan 2-0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 7 Anderson, Joe 2-2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 4 Sinaise, Aymar 2-2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 1 Hanson, Eric 2-2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Total...... 2 5 3 13 37 .135 25 .676 2 0-0 Opponents...... 2 0 0 0 17 .000 4 .235 0 0-0

## Name GP-GS Minutes GA Avg Saves Pct W L T Sho 1 Hanson, Eric 2-0 180:00 0 0.00 4 1.000 2 0 0 2 Total...... 2 180:00 0 0.00 4 1.000 2 0 0 2 Opponents...... 2 180:00 5 2.50 20 .800 0 2 0 0

Team saves: 0

GOALS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd Total CORNER KICKS BY PRD 1st 2nd Total Wisconsin 2 3 5 Wisconsin 6 2 8 Opponents 0 0 0 Opponents 1 4 5

SHOTS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd Total FOULS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd Total Wisconsin 21 16 37 Wisconsin 14 13 27 Opponents 3 14 17 Opponents 16 20 36

SAVES BY PERIOD 1st 2nd Total ATTENDANCE SUMMARY WIS OPP Wisconsin 2 2 4 Total 1473 0 Opponents 14 6 20 Dates/Avg Per Date 2/736 0/0 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0